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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-23
PNEUMATIC Dynamite GUN.
Secretary whitney Would Like to Gee II
Shoot Something.

Secretary whitney Would Like to See II
Shoot Something.
WASHINGTON, D. G., pril 222.-Secretafy
Whitney, with view to demonstrate the
value Of Tie invention, has directed the
Dynamite Gun Board to test the pneu-
ma!ic dynamite gun. In his letter to
CAPTAIN Howell, PEcsiden. OF the Board,
the secretaty says: "Sir: Tho recent ap.
propriurirH act covers gum for expert
mental purposca in such terms that can
nov propose p thing which ! have long
desired. Tno dynamite gun Heems 10 be q
most Iormihahie weapon.
~ should Ike 10 Gee it destroy Bome-
thing mile distant. Will you quietly
arrange Tor proper experiment that will
illustrate satisfactorily tho efficiency or
inetIjcienCy ht this gun? 1t is as destruc.
tive az i: ought to be, judging from the
tables where the testruCtive qualities OF
torpadoes are gwen, it can sAoT it praC-
ticaiiy. 1t may fail in efficiency Tor some
cause not appGren. to the eye OF reason,
and in my experience an actual practical
test is about the best judge
In later communication on the bam0
cub iect, the Secretary Gays: 81 intended
Thai the dynamite gun should have an
opporttl nifty Of testiRg its eHicisncy by
blowing MP anIne object at dBtance. ]:
is claimed that the pressnt gun has Ger.
tain ieEtrrctive power. l desire that this
power may be usted; not the ultimate
extreme Glgi.l for ;ie gun, unlegs the
company wish it, The Dompany should
say what The pftseat gun will certainly
DO. viii it destroy snythingY II 30,
under what conditional Let 1t be tried
on these conditions, and its ability tested
to accomplish the object claimed"
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The banquet to be gwen by Local Post
D., complimentary to the State Division of
the Travellers Protective Association.
which will hold it's annual session here
May 5and 6. will be spread in the CHAN
iine Street rink. Covers will be laid Tor
four hundred, and it is confidently ex-
pected that the memberB OF the Associa-
tion from home and abroad, and the out.
side guests that have beon invited will
reach that number; indeed the
committee having that matter in charge is
beginning TO be fearful that there will be
more than that number who will accent
the invitations sent out. As published
before burst, has been engaged as caterer.
All the arrangements are progressing eat-
ist"etofily and huge time is insured tho
Knights OF the Grip by their Wheeling
comrades when they assemble in the
Nail City.
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DETROIT, MIcu., April 22.-Tho people
and the railroads are warning in Michigan
over two-cent fares. The matter is now
before tho Legislature.
In order TO OvercomR the objection that
n two.cent rate would bankrupt the rail-
roads the Joint Committee have adopted a
graduated scale, depending on tho cam
inga OF the roau.
According TO the proposed plan all roads
earning oyer 5000 mile are TO charge
not mora than two cents, Roads paying
under 33WO AMI over 5000 can charge
two And one.half cents. All other roads
can charge three contn. This would cut
but two roads To two cents, viz: the Mich.
igan Central, s., ne mile, and the Lake
Shore, h,O5O mile. Fiyn other ronds
would bn cut to two and one-half cents.
The Michigan Central claims it hodB n
charter which will not pcrmi, tho State
TO reduce t'tf passenger rate below two
csnls. The matter will 20 to the courts
lor differentiation ilthc rates are lowered
aH pTOpOgcd.
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HORSES BURNED,
Destructive Livery Stable Fire In Now u

.
NEw ioRx, April %. : The distric.
bounded by Twenty.third and Twenty.
fourth streets and Third and Lexington
avenues, the site Of old Bulls Head Mar.
kes md the place Of so-called shelter to a
th' sand horaes, was at On early hour this
morning the scene Of . conGagrstion, the
Ike ol which the Areman say they never
saw before. t
At $50 A. NJ. q cabman driving down
East Twsnty.thlrd street saw smoke and
flames coming out from the Btables in the
rear OF james D0nohue's horse.ehoeipv
shop at No. 15l East Twenty-tbird otreot
and running back to tho stables In Twen.
ty.fourth street. Heat once sent out an
alarm, but before the tiromen could pet 10
the Bpot tho whole building was ablazs
and the entire block threatened.
The work OF tho hremen was seriously
impeded by the movements OF the fright.
ened horses which reared aud pranced
about In their BtHis and on the floor In n
way that for the time defied oil efforts at
removal; and by the time third alarm
had been sent out, several big auimsls,
the property Of Davis, a coal dealer, had
been roasted alive.
The fremen and police did excellent
work In getting tho horses stabbed in the
Twenty.tourth street rockeries out OF their
stalls. Many were led into the styeets
l!eeding and scorched, but oil except the
Ueven spoken Of were got ont alive. As
'oon as the stables were cleared the fire.
men redoubled their attacks on the flames.
and soon had them under control. The
burned horses were valued at s., 500, The
iamage to the buildings will amount to
$4,000.
One hundred horses stabbed in the sale
stable Of Solomon Wehrbsch, adjoining
the burning building were thrown into q
wild panic by the lire. They were cut
loose and driven out, but many ran into
the flames. Forty Of them were found,
when they were brought in during the
forenoon, to be very badly burned. Hall
Of them will probably have to be shot.
The horses were chiefly coach horses,
worth on an average 500. Wehrbach
loses about $4,000. About half OF the
horses were insured. f
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Hon. Josgru srgiGG iets 90 at the In
cane Hospital Direc.ors, the Superintend-
ent and tho Governor in very lively aud
manly style. Tho most stinging part Of
his card ne have taken the privilege to
borrow from the Rs9istr. Caustic rs the
comment is, it ia not sevecer than ia var
rantcd by the facts in the csse.
No accusation OF partison bias can be
brought against Mr.. Sprigg, for he is a
Democrat and fights with the Governor
and hi1 friends against Mr. Camden.
But he ;s slso an honest and intelligent
msn, and having seen for himself that
the charges against the Insane Hospital
management are shaDlefully true, he
raises his voice against the deal to con.
tinue that culpable management.
Alter this i! would be strange indeed il
the State Senate vera to confirm the old
Board in the new guise, and 30 commit
Itself 10 an endorsement OF conduct which
disyraceg the State.
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JUDGE Maxwell hits the nail square on
the head and drives it home. There is q
matuted plau-which has milder sound
than couspiracy--to drag tho session out
beyond the Second Tuesday"
Every day costa the people money, and
since the necessity for an extra Session is
in itself an imposition, the session ought
not to run day longer thsn is necessary
to do the urgent work. II the Democrats
cannot come together before the second
Tuesday, OF are afraid to trust to an elec.
ton had before, then the Republicans can
with good grace exert themselves to knock
in ths head the scheme to prolong the
session. This is clear sailing.
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TonoSro, 0ST., April e3.-The Ifnif in
m editorial on Lord SalisDury's action ,
pays; sin our opinion Lord Salisbury
Inns acted wisely. Had our cruisors 70.
oumed operations against American fisher.
mon, wo should have felt tho full lorce OF
tho retaliation bill md England might
have been dragged into very ugly quar-.
res. 40 ii 10, NIL CONCERNED will have
ample timO In which to reach II friendly
settlement. Mr. Cleveland aud his nd.
visers. No well M such Republican leaders
M Messrs. Sherman and Butterworth ara
anxious to effect II settlement TINT shall
bo mutually advantageous, md II we Rro
wiao wU will loavo our gunboats in dry
doGk, to which Lord Saliabury has jusl
consigned them, and negotiate with
Americans as with friends and neighbors
who wish us WE'LL"
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y West VirHiniAu In thu West,

A recent issue OF the Herald, OF Hutch.
inson,, Kansas, contained the following
note about well.known Peasants county
citizen:
j: X: Bailey, Of Grape Island, West yir.
g'nia, has been spending the last few davs
IN inns city examining into the condition
OF business, and considering the propriety
oil investing largely in real estate. Ho il
9 business man Of fine judgment and ia
the proprietor Of q large, well cultivated
and we'll etocked farm in the Ohio riyor
valley, He expresses himself as being
delighted with the appearance Of our ci;S
and astonished at the wonderful amount
oil business being transacted. He will
probably invest largely before returning.
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Interstate Cnmn.rce AIntter..

WAsnISGroS, D. G., April 22.-Bsfore
tho Interstate Commerce Commission
this morning Chafles ?. Clarke, President
OF the New York Il New Haven Railroad,
presented petition in behalf OF certain
roads in Southern New England, asking
for the suspension OF the fourth section OF
the law on account Of water competition
Mt great number Of points. lie nddrres-
ed this CommiRBlon hri'tiy in support OF
his petition, asnning that inasmuch as
the Bec.ion had buCn suspended Tor cor.
tain portions Of tho cduntry the same con-
ceSgionH should be made for tho lines here
Represented. lie avowrd himself be.
lieyer In the bill, hut did not think Cpn-
gress meant it to bring ruin 10 any OF The
bnsinesg interests OF the country.
The pGtItioning railroals FRO New York
4 New Haven, New York K New f;Hglfad,
the New York City and Northern, the
Ilousatonic, tho Naugatuck, the New liza.
ven < Northampton, the Hartford & Con.
dccticut Valley, tho Hartford K Connect.
cut Western, New London Il Northern
Boston & Providence, Providence 4 Wor.
Ces.e!, and Old Colony.
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ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN
After the Catholic "IIernld" for Dcfen,lipr
Dr, McGlynn

After the Catholic "IIernId" for Dcfentllur
Dr. McGlynn.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Tho Nail and
Express says: Archbishop Corrigon has
launched another bolt at the friends and
supporters Of DR.. McGlynn. The Catholic
Herald, a staunch supporter OF DR.. Nc.
Glynn, has directed some fiery assaults
upon the Archbishop and Mr.. Preston,
Now the Archbishop has struck back. He
addressed letter to the Herald in which
fia calls attention to the fact that as the
Herald assumes to be Catholic paper it
must obey the injunction which the third
p!enary council placed OH all Catholics 10
refrain from attacking publicly the man
ner IN which any Bishop rules bis diocese.
de concludes his letter in the following
significant clause: "For some time past
the utterances Of the Catholic Herald have
been schockingly scandalous. AS this pa
per Is published in the diocese, declare
that II you continue in this course OF con-
duct it will be at your peril"
II this warning is not needed by the
JOURNAL in question, it will be publicly de-
nounced from every Catholic pulpit in the
city. As this Is the first time in many
years that an American Catholic Journal
has been condemned this case will cause
wide comment.
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LITTLE Rock, ARK, April 22.-About 8
o'clock this morning a tornado originating
in the Indian Territory, and moving al.
most due east, passed through the country
four miles north and along the line Of the
Little Rock 4 Fort Smith railroad. 1t was
between quarter and half mile wide,
and near Ozark, Franklin county, began
doing great damage to trees, houses and
fences. Further east, near Coal Hill and
Clsrksville, Johnston county, the damage
was very serious and many persons were
injured. Four miles from Clsrksyille
this afternoon, John Reeds child, G. D.
Rowley's daughter and child OF Mr..
Petty, were killed. 4 man named Phil.
lips. near Ozark, WAS severely injured by
falling timber. The loss to farmers in
buildings, fences, stocks and growing
crops. is very hard, but it cannot now be
estimated,
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ON THE BIG KANAWlIA,
WHERE TIE LEoIsLArons DWELL
a Lively Passngs In tho Senate which Passes
On Like Summer Cloud, In wInd-A
Discussion In tho House which viii .
Amuse the People of Ohio County,

spectal Dapaich 10 Ne Ia.elligeaeer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, April oa.-To.
day In tho Senate proposition TO adop,
the old joint rules being made, Mr..
Sweeney moved 10 make It the special
order Tor next Tuesday. Judge Maxwell
said this WAS part Of au organized con.
splracy to extend thia session as long as
possible. Mr.. summeTyills said IL any
such scheme was on foo. the Judge was
tho head schemer.
Mr.. Sweeney Indignantly disclaimed
any knowledge Of any ouch conspiracy.
The President and many Senators take
the view that tho rules Of tho regular ses.
sion .hold good. Others hold that there
are no rules until rules have been adont.
ed for this session. The difference of
opinion has caused several amusing mud.
dies. The Senate refused by II to IS to
adjourn till Monday. II
In the House Mr.. Young presented, a
resolution recitlng that, whereas this
extra session Is rendered necessary by
failure to pass the appropriation billS and
that the people are heavily taxed anil the
session is expensive, and resolving tina.
business should DO transacted without un.
necessary delay, that on and alter Monday
two sessions daily be held, commencing at
"a. NJ. and 2:30 T.. NJ, and that 1t Ia the
sense Of this house that the session should
not exceed ton days. After great deal
OF discussion pro and con this was tabled
by vote OF 81 to 90.
The mileage report WAS made this morn.
ing. All the delegates arc now present
Hsgar, OF Boone, and oil the Senators but
Scott.
A discussion in the houae to-day will
seem very funny to Ohio county PEOPLE.
A bill was presented 10 allow Prosecuting
Attorneys to appear before the GisRd
jury and examine witnesses. Tho CONF
nittee reported adversely upon it. The
proposition was denounced on the floor as
unwise, and contrary to the genius Of
American freedom and institutions,
An Ohio county man no. learned in the
law Souid naturally suppose that the pro.
posed law Was already on the statute BOOK,
as tho practice in Ohio county is ior the
prosecutor TO conduct examinations before
the grand jury. The Ilouss refused to re.
lect the bill.
MI. Hagans moved at noon to adjourn
| till tomorrow.
Mr.. Garden movedto amend and made it
till 10 N. Monday. This only yot seven
votes. The motion to adjourn was then
rejected by vote Of 10 to II A motion
TO take q recess till $50 was also sat down
on aud blla On the first reading takeau2.
Neither House had I'D afternoon session
| to-day.
Senator Minesr leaves for home ID tho
morning on accoun. OF the sickness OF hia
father.
Senator Arnold and Judge Hoke came
in to-day. w,sr.
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W6sniSGf0s, D. G., April 92.-Secrc.
tary F.imhid has lsBued circular to Col.
lector1 O! Cns.ons ins.ructins them to
uuestion manters OF veasela over live ,oHg
burden engaged in the capture and uans.
porLn,ion Of lah or Other products Of the
Gea, with a view 10 obtaining information
rc.arliuy the f4hcrios. This action 10
taEen upon Representations by Hon.
Spencer +. Baird, COrnmiaHoner, Of Fiah
and FinhetEcg, in yiex oi Ynentions re-
ia,ny 10 HhapiDg and negotiating a now
Ashpry !rnaly with Great Britain affecting
Colonial rairm in North America, and
Tor otiicf rraSnEy il ia desirable TO have at
hand available i0r ruiorence full and &C.
curase information Oh .bia subject.
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JEFF DAVIS AGAIN,
Cannot Attend tn" Calhoun aIopum,
Dedication, but bc Writes

SAts""" h"' Sktuuun llODtIment
Dedication, but hc Writes,
CHARLESTON, S. G., April 22.-As stated
in these dispatches yesterday, Jefferson
Davis has declined the invitation to be
present at the dedication ceremonies oI
the Calhoun monument at Charleston
next Tueeday.
The following ;s the full text OF his let
ter declining the invitation:
BEAUvo!H, MIss., April l6, 1887.
Mrs. George Robertson:
DEAR MADAa:-Accept my thanks 70,
your kind invitation to myself and family
to be present Mt the unveiling OF tho
ladies monument to Calhoun. | regre;
that it will not be in our power to attend
for, besides the veneration and affection
o! Mrs. Davis and myself for the ereat and
pure statesman to whose memory you do
honor, 1t would be pleasure 10 us 10 pay
this tribute OF duty and respect.
Mr.. Calhoun w8s to nc tho guiding star
in the political armament, and was hon.
ored by him with such confidence as made
our intercourse not only instructive, bu,
Of ontoaring love. In an important crisis
in public atairs hiu health isiled, hut with
that devotion to the public welfare which
bad characterized his whole life, he con.
tinued to occupy his seat in the Senate
whom his indomitable spirit was yainly
a,ruggling against his phyaicnl exhaus.
tion. Ills wisdom and extraordinary ad.
ministrative talent wero thon specially
required to teach, direct and sustain, bu,
ho wRs taken from ns, like summer.
dried fountain, when our need was the
Sorest.
Mr.. WebNtcr, who had been his great
intellectual opponent, but nevertheless
his warm personal friend, whom speakinc
on tho occasion @! his death, manifested
deeper emotion than ever knew him Ia
exhibit on any other occasion. lIe i'm.
pressivoly said: Nothing that was selfish
or impure ever came near tho head OF
heart 8f Calhoun" Rm gratiiied that
the la,ites-thO best part Of HUMANITY
have contributed this testimonial TO one
b!amclcas ns themselves. Please tender
with my regrets my grateful acknowledge.
Inents to yonr associates for their cordial
invitation, in which my wiio cordially
mites, md believe 10 be, respgctinlly and
truly yours. JKrrInsoN DAVIS.
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a DIFFERENCE IN TIME
Tint Is Said to Have Saved Sherman fr
Being Kislnnppcd In Cuhn.

Tint Is Said to Have Saved Sherman from
being Kidnapped In Cubn.
KEY WEST, FLA, April 22.-From pri-
vate letters from Havana it is learned that
party of kidnappers or outlaws, com.
prising much Of the dangerous element Of
Cuban banditti, had arranged to capture
Senator John Sherman on his recent visit
to Cuba.
The project only failed by a difference
in time.
The plot was well arranged, and the ban
ditti we're in sufficient force to CAPTURE
Sherman's party, but, fortunately for the
distinguished gentleman's safety, they left
the plantation intended as the OF the
outrage just five minutes before the out
laws appeared. 1t is thought the owner
OIL the plantation wss a party to the
scheme.
The foregoing appears in a paper pub.
lished to-day. While in Havana Mr..
Sherman took occasion to congratulate
the Captain General on the pence pre-
vaillng Throughout the islands. When the
senator, however, expressed a desire to
visit the sugar plantations in tho interior,
the military guard was sent aa an escort,
and the party barely escaped an unpleas.
ant surprise.
The letter referred to above, after men
tioning several wealthy Spaniards recent
y captured and held for ransom, says:
.! also learn that few minutes after the
visit, OF Sherman, Manderson, McCook
and the Spanish officials to the plantation
Of Pedro Lamberto Fernandez, at Colon.
the bandit Matsgas arrived in search Of
the Americans. Upon being told by the
overseer that the party had left, he was
severely beaten to make him diyulye
their hiding place. The bandits satisfied
themselves by searching the plantation
immediately, and then retired. 'Mstsgas
~ss in full uniform and his band was well
mounted and armed 10 receive such dis.
tiugulshed VISITORS"
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4 FREE TRADERS VIEW
OfFroo Trado With Canada Proposed Com.
mnrclul lulnn


merciul Union.
New ioRE, April 22.-The attitude OF
Great Britain in regard TO the quea,ion OF
possible commercial nnion between the
United States and Canada, as foreshad.
oTed in the Bu!terworth bill introduced
in the last session OF the las. Concreea,
would have great influence in the mat.
ter.
In order TO elicit the vicI OF one 90 we'll
informed on the subject as Prof. Goodwin
Smith, Il letter was addressed 10 him by
Erastus Wiman, President Of tho Canadian
Club, RskiRg his opinion Rs to the poesibfe
consent Of Great Britain, Rhould the Cana.
dian Parliament favor II measure OF similar
import, the result OF which wouId hp A
commercial union between the two coun.
trice.
The views OF the Oxford proieHsor, M
given in reply TO this letter, are as fol-
lowe:
ArRIL -, 1857.
NY DEAR WiMAE:-The ques,ion ie nat
urally asked, as you say, whether the con.
aont Of Great Britain could he obtained 10
II meaanre OF complete reciprocity, which
would involve an assimilation OF tariffs
between Canada md the United SlntcH.
Certainly, tho Canadians nB loyal colo.
niBss, who have every reason to lcel gtste.
iul and attached TO their mother country.
would not net in defiance Of her wishes,
For my own part, being British to the
core, | would noyOr vote for ANYTHING
which | thought in tho least degree at va.
riRuCo with tho interest or honor OF Great
Britain. But Canada has already boon
taken formally as wcii as practically ont
Of tho commercial unity Of tho Empire by
Sir John Macdonald, who has declared
that he Is for fiscal home rule to the hilt.
FiHcRl independence wns formally con.
coded to tho colonies nome time ago, when
the Imperial Government determined not
to Interfere with the adoption by Ri Ana.
trNlian colony Of II protective tAriil. Can.
adn already lovieH dutiea nv0wcdly pro-
loctivn on British goods and her adoption
OF tho American scale would make 10
grea, d illeroucn, M II appears to mo, either
practically or In point Of principle. IL ia
not II matter, imagine. about which The
commercial claBseu Of England, who took
tho change in tho Canadian tariff coolly
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Special Dispateh to The InttiIigalcer.
WASHINGTON, PA April 22.-The liter.
ary societies Of the college he'd their
elections for next years contest, tonight.
For three weeks tue college has been in a
fever OF X ;tenant. At isst II seemed TO
DO pronlscous struggle, but at last il be-
came well defined light betweeli two Of
the leading iraternities In the Ftsnklin
and Washington eociety the following
gentlemen were elected: FOR debate,
James Jack; for original oration, Jarnes
Webb; for easay. j. l.. McCutcheon.
Pnilo and Union, debator, George liar.
rott, original oration, S. NJ. Wiaa; for
eSsayist, Blaine Ewing.
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IN KENTUCKY,
The Wind Phys Some Cheerful Frenks witt,
Houses and Property,

CINCINNATI, April 22.-A tornado swept
through portion OF Kentucky, sontb Of
Cincinnati, this morning. At Paris, while
a violent rain storm with thunder and
lightning was in progress a continuous
rumbling sound was heard, which proved
to be tornado, which passed in a few
minntee, leaving track 400 yards vide,
in which trees were levelled and houses
unroofed. Turnsy, Clark & Co.'s livery
stable was carried acroes the street and
left on John Griffiin's residence, crushing
1t in. Overpries tobacco warehouse was
also unroofed. Mrs. Herrick's boarding
house was also demolished. Several resi.
dences were unroofed.
At Saundersville, near Lexington, the
roof OF the Commonwealth Company'is dis.
tiilery and warehouse Was blown of.
Heavy rain fell here nearly all day and
also fell throughout the Ohio Valley,
Near Portsmouth, Ohio, Warren Carroll,
on a raft in the Ohio river, was struck by
lightning and killed.